IOGear GIC704SR5W6, Installation Manual

Page 1: ...1 GIC704SR5W6 PART NO M0560 Installation Installation Installation Guide RAID5 eSATA 1 5Gbps 4 External port PCI Card...

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Page 3: ...Caution 4 Introduction 5 Features 6 Package Contents 7 What Is RAID 8 Installation Procedure 11 Software Installation 18 Federal Communications Commission FCC Statement 22 CE Statement 24 Limited War...

Page 4: ...ID management Before the SATA RAID5 GUI installation you must remove all existing SATARAID GUIs or Java SATARAID GUI to ensure your new SATARAID5 GUI works without issues RAID sets can be created and...

Page 5: ...ter to RAID 5 RAID 0 1 RAID 0 or RAID 1 as well as JBOD The board can control four independent Serial ATA channels Each channel has its own Serial ATA bus and will support one Serial ATA device The bo...

Page 6: ...formance of data transfer by simultaneously writing data to 2 drives Provides RAID 1 Mirroring to protect the data from a disk failure by writing identical data on 2 drives RAID 0 1 Mirrored Stripping...

Page 7: ...7 Package Contents RAID5 SATA 150 4Ports PCI Host Adapter Quick Start Guide Driver CD...

Page 8: ...AID Set type it actually does not provide fault tolerance With modern SATA bus technology multiple I O operations can be done in parallel enhancing performance Striping arrays use multiple disks to fo...

Page 9: ...ty or RAID 5 adds fault tolerance to Disk Striping by including parity information with the data Parity RAID dedicates the equivalent of one disk for storing parity stripes The data and parity informa...

Page 10: ...means a logical drive that can either be an entire disk drive or a segment of a single disk drive For this card the JBOD function only supports one disk JBOD here is a Contiguous configuration option...

Page 11: ...s to ensure your new SATARAID5 GUI installs and functions properly 6 Install the SATARAID5 GUI 7 Power down the computer system once again 8 Connect Hard Drives to the proper SATA Ports 9 Power on the...

Page 12: ...Disks do NOT select Parity RAID or Mirrored Stripe settings If using 3 Disks do NOT select the Mirrored Stripe setting 12 Open Task Manager to make sure the RAID setup is completed RAID5 can take hou...

Page 13: ...ard drives are set to master mode before accessing the RAID settings Creating Striped Sets RAID 0 1 As the BIOS boots Press CTRL S or F4 to enter the RAID bios utility 2 Select Create RAID set Press E...

Page 14: ...ss Enter 3 Select RAID 1 then press Enter 4 Select Auto configuration Press Enter 5 Press Y to save your settings 6 Press CTRL E and then press Y to exit the setup 7 Continue with conventional Fdisk a...

Page 15: ...en press ESC to exit the setup 7 Continue with conventional Fdisk and Format steps to prepare the hard drives 8 Your RAID hardware configuration is complete Proceed to software installation section Cr...

Page 16: ...ter 4 Select JBOD Drives Press Enter 5 Select RAID size Press Enter 6 Press Y to save your settings Creating Spare Drive 1 As the BIOS boots Press CTRL S or F4 to enter the RAID bios utility 2 Select...

Page 17: ...all of the data will be lost If the set being deleted is a Mirrored set then the data will remain intact and accessible on both drive sets Rebuilding Mirrored Sets RAID 1 1 After replacing the failed...

Page 18: ...r and select CD Drive Letter RAID5 SATA_4Port SiI3114 Win XP_2000_2003 Driver 4 Press Enter to continue 5 Follow the setup instructions to select your choice for partitions and the file system 6 After...

Page 19: ...the controller card into a PCI slot and connect the hard drives to the control ler card Power up the system 2 During OS boot up Windows will display the Found New Hardware Wizard Click Next 3 Select...

Page 20: ...owse 5 Specify the following location CD Drive Letter RAID5 SATA_4Port SiI3114 Win XP_2000_2003 Driver Select Open then click OK 6 When the wizard indicates that it found a driver for the device click...

Page 21: ...uter icon and select Properties Left click on the Hardware tab then select the Device Manager button 2 Double click on SCSI and RAID Controllers If there is no yellow or in front of the Silicon Image...

Page 22: ...t harmful interference in a residential installation This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions may cause ha...

Page 23: ...ice may not cause interference and 2 this device must accept any interference including interference that may cause undesired operation of the device FCC RF Radiation Exposure Statement This equipment...

Page 24: ...nd found to comply with the requirements set up in the council directive on the approximation of the law of member states relating to EMC Directive 89 336 EEC Low Voltage Directive 73 23 EEC and R TTE...

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Page 28: ...IOGEAR is an environmentally conscious company that emphasizes the importance of conserving natural resources The use of our technology solutions helps reduce electronic waste HEALTH IOGEAR supports...